Gingerbread People

If you want to dress up the cookies, use red hot candies for buttons and currants for eyes; press those into the dough cut-outs before they're baked.

Ingredients

Cookies:

11 1/4 ounces all-purpose flour (about 2 1/2 cups)

1 tablespoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup golden cane syrup (such as Lyle's Golden Syrup)

2 tablespoons molasses

1 large egg

Icing:

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 teaspoons 2% reduced-fat milk

Nutritional Information

Calories 124

Fat 3.8g

Satfat 2.3g

Monofat 1g

Polyfat 0.2g

Protein 1.6g

Carbohydrate 22.1g

Fiber 0.4g

Cholesterol 16mg

Iron 0.8mg

Sodium 112mg

Calcium 13mg

Calories 124

Fat 3.8g

Satfat 2.3g

Monofat 1g

Polyfat 0.2g

Protein 1.6g

Carbohydrate 22.1g

Fiber 0.4g

Cholesterol 16mg

Iron 0.8mg

Sodium 112mg

Calcium 13mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°.

Step 2

To prepare cookies, weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt, stirring mixture well with a whisk.

Step 3

Place brown sugar and butter in a bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add cane syrup, molasses, and egg; beat 1 minute or until well combined. Add flour mixture, and beat on low speed 1 minute or until just combined. Gently press mixture into a disc, and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes.

Step 4

Divide dough in half. Roll each dough portion to a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface; cut with 5-inch cutters to form 26 cookies. (Reroll scraps, as necessary.) Place cookies 1 inch apart on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool on baking sheet 5 minutes. Remove cookies from baking sheet; cool completely on a wire rack.

Step 5

To prepare icing, combine powdered sugar and milk, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Spoon icing into a small zip-top plastic bag. Snip a tiny hole off one corner of the bag. Pipe icing onto cookies as desired.